For our October happy hour, come spend the third Thursday in the beer garden at Sour Duck. Happy hour bar specials including draft beer and draft cocktails will run until 7:00 pm for our attendees. Some menu items not to miss include roasted zucchini, shrimp hushpuppy, fried mushrooms, and the pork sando. $10 suggested donations will benefit Slow Food Austin programming including our Scholarship Program and Farmer Relief Fund.

Slow Sessions are the free, educational seminars Slow Food Austin offers to the public. This October, come join Eric Knight of Local Leaf Yaupon Maté as he leads us on an edible plant walk to learn more about our local environment and the wild foods growing all around us in central Texas. Eric will go over the ethics of foraging, review some important safety guidelines and touch on some botany basics before showing us how he and his partner/co-owner Stacy forage and harvest yaupon, the only caffeinated plant indigenous to North America. Afterward, we will get to taste expressions of Local Leaf, the yaupon tea they cold-brew and bottle.

This two-hour walk will be limited to a small group, so please only RSVP if you are positive you can attend on October 6th from 11 am to 1pm! Before the event, I will follow up via email with details such as what to wear and where in the park to meet us.

It’s almost fall! Come say goodbye to summer at happy hour at Sway on South First. Enjoy specialty cocktails with a Thai twist or beer or wines, and check out the food menu too. $10 suggested donations will benefit Slow Food Austin programming including our Scholarship Program and Farmer Relief Fund.

Join us this September for a tour of one of the small farms Lettuce uses to produce their hyper-local meal kits. We’ll have a delicious farm salad for all attendees to sample what Lettuce has to offer in this season. We will also have meal kits available for those who would like to pick one up. Be sure to choose the ticket option with meal kit so we can have enough ready.

The Lettuce philosophy:“Lettuce is creating a sustainable, hyper-local ecosystem that grows and distributes food that is fresher, healthier, tastier, and costs less.”

In celebration of National Farmer’s Market Week, join us for a tasty tour of the Texas Farmers’ Market at Mueller on the first Wednesday night of August. We will visit with local farmers and food producers to taste the best of their summer bounty!

Texas Farmers’ Market at Mueller is open Sundays 10am-2pm and Wednesdays 5-8pm, selling local, sustainable direct to consumer produce, meats, dairy and artisanal goods from 90+ Texas ag and food producers. TFM is the only verified farmers’ market in town as all ag producers are inspected by staff to understand growing practices and ensure transparency to consumers.

TFM at Lakeline and Mueller are organized under F2M Texas, a 501(c)4 non-profit corporation centered around hosting and educating Central Texas producers and consumers to grow a sustainable food system.

Beat the summer heat with a nice, cool, July happy hour inside. Join us this third Thursday at Bufalina Due and explore their happy hour menu until 7:00 pm. $10 suggested donations will benefit Slow Food Austin programming including our Scholarship Program and Farmer Relief Fund.

We’re going back to one of Austin’s original urban farms. Owners Carol Ann and Larry have been growing vegetables and hosting a weekly market since 1992. A lot has changed over 25 years, so join us for a tour of what’s growing in East Austin and see how Boggy Creek Farm has risen to the challenge of growing healthy sustainable food for the Austin community.

We’ll have snacks showcasing farm vegetables created by Vegg Catering following the tour and some market stand snacks to take home with you.

The Tomato Dinner at Springdale Farm will be bittersweet this year. We’re happy to celebrate with the farmers as they move on to new adventures, but this will be our last event at this wonderful, urban farm. As always, our Annual Tomato Dinner will highlight a variety of types and preparations of home-grown tomatoes from the farm. The evening will begin with a seasonal cocktail with Tito’s Vodka and appetizers, followed by entree courses and dessert.